Many players of the original Final Fantasy VII describe emerging from Midgar onto the world map as a critical turning point — a moment that greatly expanded what they thought scope of the game would be. The hours spent in Remake's Midgar, as rigid as they are at times (but for good reason), set the stage for a similar surprise. Cloud and company venture into a world that is brightened by and abundant with ideas.
While not everything glimmers in this new light, it creates a world that is rich in texture - not only in the characters you meet and the places you go, but in the variety of gameplay itself. We've learned by now that this "Remake series" is not merely replication, but a rethinking what these moments can mean for players old and new alike. In that context it presents a captivating frontier, just like those first footsteps outside Midgar's walls.
When Square Enix revealed that Remake, the first part in its ambitious trilogy reimagining of the company’s most famous game, would take place entirely in Midgar, many fans were… not pleased. While a great deal of story development occurs in Midgar in the original FFVII, the dystopian cyberpunk
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